Awning



(No Model.)

" J. vWILLIE.

AWNING.

N. PEYEnS. Pham-humm UNITED STATES iPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIE, OE WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,568, dated February 14, 1882.

Application tiled December 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIE, of the city of Wilmington, in the county of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented an Improvement iu Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to awnings in general, but more particularly to window-awnin gs 3 and it consists in a roller pivoted at the top of the window in suitable bearings, and provided with means wherewith to rotate it, said roller being secured to the upper end of the awning, and adapted to roll the latter up, and secureit from exposure to the sun, under a cap or casing secured above the roller and arranged to protect the awning, when rolled up, from wind, f

rain, and the suns rays, the awning being provided with side and end pieces or curtains and cords by which said curtains may be instantly folded over the awning proper before being rolled up, or vice versa, and the ends of the roller being recessed, and providing it with axle-pins, and adapted to rotate in bearings which extend into the recessed ends, whereby a very small amount of space is required in which to provide suitable bearings, all of which are more fully set forth inthe following specication and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of my invention is'to provide means to roll up and protect window and other awnings from wind, rain, and the suns rays, to the end that they shall last longer, have a better appearance, and shall not fade.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved window-awning. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of same, looking out of the window. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the awningroller and its mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a crosssection of same on line X X. f

A is the window-frame. B is the awningroller, and is provided at each end with a conical depression, b,'aud axle-pins E in the center of said depression, and flanges d, and on one end with a cord or grooved wheel, D, to which the end of cord Gr is secured and upon which it is wound.

The bearings C C' for roller B are provided with recesses in which the wheel D and flanges d rotate, said recesses being provided with conical projections c' in the center corresponding to the depression in the ends of roller B, and are provided with holes in which the axlepius E work. The bea-ting C is provided further with a hole or slot, c, through which the cord G travels. These bearings are secured in place by pins O2 at the top and screws C3 at the bottom.- This construction of bearings insures a long bearing without cutting into the window-frame or shortening the length of the roller-two very important features, the latter being particularly so, as the awning Inust be the full width oi' the window.

The awning is composed of the top piece, I, end piece, I', and side pieces, I2 and I3, all of which are secured together to form one piece, as shown in Fig. l, and are secured to the U- shaped iron lframe H along the junction of the pieces I and l2, said frame being pivoted in the usual manner to the window-frame at l1.. The awning is secured at the upper end of piece l to the roller B, aud is provided at each side, near the top, with eyeleted holes i, through which endless cordsJ J pass, said cords being secured to the bottom of the piece l' at i2, and

v guided near the bottom of piece I by eyes i'.

The piece I2 is provided on its vertical edge and near the bottom with an eyelet, K', and on or near its inside oblique edge or upon the piece I, about half-way down, with a hook, L. The other piece, 13, is provided in the same manner with eyelet K and hook L'.

A curved metal cover, F, secured to the window-frame at the top, extends out over the roller and awning, when rolled up, to protect it from the weather and rays of the sun.

The awning being down, as shown in Fig. l, and it being desired to raise it, I proceed as follows: First pull down the cords J. This will draw the end piece, I', up and fold it upon the piece I. Then fold the piece 13, hooks L L', eyes K K' over on the under side, and with the eye K hook it upon hook L. Then the piece I2 is folded over, and with its eye K is hooked upon hooks L'. The awning is then as shown in Fig. 3 and dotted lilies in Fig. l. Now, upon pulling the cord G the roller B is rotated and the awning is rolled up under the covering F and out of the way of wind, rain, storm, or sunshine.

To let it down the reverse operation is required, and the cords J are pulled in theopposite direction to pull the end piece, I', down.

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I am aware of the patents granted to Moore, December 5, 1871, and Sykes, October 7 187 3, and claim nothing therein shown or described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a Window-awning, the roller B, provided on its ends with depressions b and axlepins E, in combination with bearing blocks provided with corresponding extensions, provided with holes foi-the axle-pins, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a window-awning, the roller B, provided on its ends with depressions b and axlepins E, in combination with grooved wheels D, 15 flanges d, bearing-blocks O C', provided with recesses having conical extensions c', provided with holes in the middle for the axle-pins, and

^ JOHN WILLIE.

Witnesses:

` J. P. RUTH,

WM. W. PRITGHETT. 

